Updates in 2001

With reference to the Third Meeting of the Monitoring and Assessment Group (HELCOM MONAS 3/2001, 13/2) in 15-19 October 2001, Ispra, Italy:

7.14 (LD 39) The Meeting approved the proposal in document 7.2/4 to include Notes on the Certified Reference Material, the Technical Notes on the Determination of Organic Carbon in the Sea Water, and the Technical Notes on the Measurement Uncertainty of Analytical Methods in the COMBINE Manual and approved the proposal to use oxygen solubility equations instead of the Technical Notes on Units and Conversions with regard to Dissolved Oxygen Saturation in the COMBINE Manual as contained in the 2000 ACME report, and requested the Secretariat to update the COMBINE Manual accordingly.

The following document is updated:

• Annex B-2: Examples of reference materials for internal quality control

The folloing documents are new:

• Annex B-12: Technical Note on the Determination of Organic Carbon in Sea Water
• Annex B-13: Technical Note on Measurement Uncertainty
• Annex B-14: Recommended Equations for the Calculation of Solubility and Saturation of Dissolved Oxygen in Marine Waters
• Annex B-15: Certified Reference Material for Organic Contaminants, Trace Metals and Nutrient Compounds, for Use in Marine Monitoring